Sermonette: Nov. 3, 2025

Sermonette: Nov. 3, 2025

Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. That is a descriptive of saints. They inspire us by their lives to show that a life of virtue is possible for any of us. A saint who was canonized earlier this month by Pope Leo XIV who particularly displays this is Saint Bartolo Longo. He was born in 1841 in Southern Italy to a devout Catholic family that prayed the Rosary together daily. Then his...

St. Bartolo Longo: An example for those with mental health struggles

Once an “ordained” Satanic priest, Bartolo Longo underwent one of the most dramatic conversions in recent Church history. He was canonized a saint on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). St. Bartolo Longo — a former Satanist “priest” whose remarkable conversion led him to create a Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary and spread devotion to the prayer —…

From Satanist to Saint: Vatican Makes Former Satanic Priest Bartolo Longo a Saint

More than 700,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square this October to witness a canonization that has left even seasoned Vatican watchers astonished. On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV officially declared Bartolo Longo, once a Satanic priest, a saint of the Catholic Church. For many, it’s a story of radical redemption, a man who went from invoking demons to building one of Italy’s most sacred shrines. But beneath the awe lies a deeper question:…